Hyksos

American  

[hik-sohs, -sos] / ˈhɪk soʊs, -sɒs /

noun

1. a nomadic people who conquered and ruled ancient Egypt between the 13th and 18th dynasties, c1700–1580 b.c.: believed to have been a Semitic people that originally migrated into Egypt from Asia.

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Hyksos British  

/ ˈhɪksɒs /

noun

1. a member of a nomadic Asian people, probably Semites, who controlled Egypt from 1720 _bc until 1560 _bc

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Etymology

Origin of Hyksos

1595–1605; < Greek Hyksṓs, perhaps < Egyptian ḥg ( ʾ ) ruler + h̬ʾst foreign land

Example Sentences

The Hyksos ruled the delta for more than a century, from approximately 1650 to 1540 BCE.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

What Egyptian pharaoh completed the task of driving the Hyksos from the Nile delta?

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

It is possible that in the early years of their rule in Lower Egypt, the Hyksos were able to exert some indirect control over Thebes, but distance made direct rule nearly impossible.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

The Hyksos were fellow Canaanites, after all, and they appear to have encouraged the Hebrews to stay.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2020

For example, in 1674 B.C., horses even enabled a foreign people, the Hyksos, to conquer then horseless Egypt and to establish themselves temporarily as pharaohs.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond